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Sorry, not much progress as we had to wait to get the electrics put in properly.
Pea shingle added today.
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Currently there are just 4 goldfish in the tanks. The thought being that goldfish are pretty resilient so less likely to die during the set up.
Next, need to find somewhere to buy the fish
I have nothing intelligent to add to this thread but you obviously haven't been to the village fair enough if you think gold fish are resilient.
Well the trial goldfish have all survived.
The water circulation seems reliable.
The plants haven't died and the trough hasn't collapsed.
50 Tench*ordered for collection next week.
*Chosen after Googling and these seemed the best compromise between price / ease of maintenance/ quantity of recipes
Excellent to see the progress. Get some maxicrop. It's an organic liquid kelp feed that will help the plants as the nutrients build up from the fish. is it all smelling sweet? Are the tench fingerings? Please don't drop 50 full grown tench into that immature filter system. They will overwhelm it's capacity And die. Ammonia, nitrite and ph tests all looking good?
2-3 inch long Tench.
The rule of thumb I was given was 1lb of fully grown fish per 10 gallons of water.
We have over 400 gallons so lets call it 40 x 1lb fish. We will probably lose some over time and get bored of waiting and eat some small ones so sticking 50 in now should be okay.
Water all good at the moment. We did get an algae build up in the tanks but pond clear stuff sorted that. I am thinking of sticking a few plants hanging in nets into the tanks to help keep them clean as Tench shouldn't eat them.
You've put a weed killer in a food production system? Algae won't harm anything. In fact it will probably make the fish feel more comfortable. 1 to 2 inchs will help the systems capacity grow with the fish. I would not eat the fish tho after treating them with an algaecide.
Water is good. Tench are 1-2 inch fingerlings.
I was given 10 gallons per pound of matured fish as a rule of thumb.
We have a bit over 400 gallons of water so can hold 40 1 pounbd fish.
I am guessing we will lose a few and get bored and eat some a bit early so I reckon 50 is about right.
All tips and advice welcome. I am nothing but a happy amateur.
Tench aren't the hardiest of fish to try to raise.. They're pretty susceptible to disease and stress outside of their natural environment
And punkrockdad is a fraud if he's referring to cornish Bass as Seabass 😉
(what other sort of Bass are there in Cornwall? Seabass is a cookery term, not a fishing term)
Well I was impressed he could use the word Fingerling without giggling...
Tench don't seem that bad, better than rainbow trout which was my first choice.
Mind you they say that rainbow trout eat tench so the fingerlings may start as a crop and end up as fish food.
Let's see what happens
With the Bass / Sea Bass / Cornish Bass debate, I thought they were all just Bass. What gets me is Pan Fried Sea Bass - Is this to distinguish it from deep fat fried sea bass? Not for sale at my local chippy
I missed the l as well so it was even more, Erm, 'rude'?
Have you raised tench yunki? I'd love to hear your experiences. Not a fish I have first hand knowledge of.
Well I thought they would be in a bigger bag but at least they traveled to their new home safely.
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Now they are exploring the new tank. As they are only little they are all in the same tank although it is connected to the other one so they are free to swim between. Will check again this evening to see if any have migrated.
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WorldClassAccident - MemberWe did get an algae build up in the tanks but pond clear stuff sorted that.
Before we got rid of our pond, we had some of that pond clear stuff that the previous owner had left.
It explicitly said on it that it wasn't to be used in tanks/ponds that had fish in that were gonna be eaten.
I take it the stuff you used to get rid of the algae is safe?
Apparently so. Plus look at the fish - it will be a year or two before they are eaten so the algaecide applied a week before the fish were added and run through the filter beds continuously should not present too great a risk I feel.
We are not planning of using it going forward as hopefully the plants I mentioned should help with the control.
What was in the IBCs before you re-purposed them WCA? No chance of contamination from them? Great little project BTW, love seeing stuff like this 🙂
All looking good! Anything growing in the beds yet?
I have nothing helpful to add, other than to say that this looks brilliant! Carry on!
Fish still alive and vegetables are growing!
IBC intermediate bulk carrier, and yes make sure they are clean, we bought some cheap many years ago to store used nitric acid and one still had some cellulose thinners in it...... 😯
These had some kind of sugary syrup in them. Cleaned well before we started.
Update!
No dead fish yet and lots of plants growing
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Any suggestions of what to plant now as we are clearing some of the old stuff out?
Hows your fish?
Hows your fish?
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